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Re: htonl() htons()
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John Millaway |
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Re: htonl() htons() |
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Mon, 21 Oct 2002 19:56:48 -0400 (EDT) |
> I tried to compile this using my rather old CW pro 5 compiler for MacOS pre-X:
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> What are
> htonl() in yytbl_write32()
> htons() in yytbl_write16()
> supposed to do (both in tables.c)? -- They have no prototypes and so not
> appear elsewhere in the sources.
They convert integers in host byte-order to network byte-order. (This
way, the serialized DFA tables are portable.) On Intel platforms, some
byte rearranging occurs. On other platforms, these are no-ops.
htonl="host to network long"
htons="... short".